Not asking what the promotion path of my first dev job would be. As it turns out, there wasn't one: I was hired to be a code monkey, and a year and three "annua

Not asking what the promotion path of my first dev job would be. As it turns out, there wasn't one: I was hired to be a code monkey, and a year and three "annual" performance reviews later, I was still a code monkey, with no change in responsibilities. Don't be shy about asking what the near future of a role is.